Ello. My name is Josh and I’m a journalist from Australia. I used to be an economics editor at The Conversation and made a couple of award winning radio shows about technology and economics. Right now I’m freelancing, playing with programming, and researching a book about colonialism.

This blog is almost a decade old now. It started off as a place to post book reviews but has slowly morphed into a kind of scrapbook. I post quotes, thoughts and anecdotes from interesting books and articles. A couple of years ago I added a section for photos and, more recently, scribbles and charts.

I sketched recent trips to Europe and Cambodia, and try scribble something new every day.

I’m slowly experimenting with new forms of journalism. There’s a lot of untapped potential in ubiquitous computing and sensors, programming and automation. Not only to gather data and create self-fulfilling news hooks, but deliver information in novel ways. There is an opportunity in different dimensions of truth and realisation. Beyond presenting factual information, to influencing salience.